Working with To-Dos

You can add tasks i.e. To-Dos for a card to break down work into smaller manageable units. Card Owners can add and manage their own set of To-Dos, estimate effort and report progress against the To-Dos.

Adding and Managing To-Dos

If you want to add and manage To-Dos for a card on the board, hover over the card and click the To-Do icon on the card.You can even click the Card Title and then click the Tasks section.Note:- If the To-Do icon is disabled. It can be enabled through the Card Designer at Admin or Board level.

In the To-Do List window for the card, you can now add To-Dos for applicable columns all at a time or as and when required.

Click the lists in the newly added row i.e. the To-Do row, to enter/select the values as described below. .

Task/To-Do Name : Enter the name to identify the task name.

Current State – Until the owner does not update the task to indicate progress, the ‘Current State’ will display as ‘Pending’.

Applicable Column – Select the column on the board for which the task is applicable. Only the ‘Ready’ and ‘Working’ type of column appear for configuration. However, it is not mandatory to select the applicable column.

To-do Owner – Select the owner for the task from the list of currently available team members. If you want to assign later, select the ’Unassigned’ option from the list.

Estimate – Enter the estimate in days for the task or whatever unit of measurement (UOM) the enterprise has defined. However, if you have enabled to the Time-Tracking Plug-in, you need to interpret the estimate in hours only.

Actual and Remaining fields will appear if you have Time Tracking Plug-in enabled for your enterprise to track To-Dos based on effort. You can log effort for the To-Dos that can be tracked in the Timesheet Report.
To add more To-Dos, click the Add icon for an existing To-Do and enter details as described above. You can even insert a To-Do between two To-Dos by clicking the Add icon corresponding to the previous To-Do.
To remove a To-Do, click the Delete icon for the required To-Do.

Copying To-Do From Excel (only Windows)

You can directly copy To-Do tasks from an Microsoft™ Excel file to the To-Do tab of the card with the following steps:

Prepare the task list in Excel such that the column names in the Excel sheet are exactly same as that in the To-Do tab of the card.

Copy the required rows in the Excel sheet including the header row using the keyboard shortcut CTRL + C.

Switch to the To-Do tab of the card, and scroll to click on the blank space below, and then press keyboard shortcut CTRL + V.

Note: Although the copied tasks appear under the To-Do tab, values under the Actual column are not copied and need to be entered manually from the To-Do tab of the card. Similarly, values under Remaining column are calculated dynamically.

After you finish adding and organizing the To-do list, close the pop-up.

Updates to a card’s To-Dos are logged in the Card Activity Log and can be tracked for activities such as New To-Do, Assignment of To-Do Owner, etc.

Predefining Tasks/To-Dos for a Card Type

As a Product Owner, you may want to define a set of tasks / To-dos that need to be performed when each card is being executed on the board. SwiftKanban enables you to create a default To-Do list specific to your board, separately for a card type.

You can define these tasks which typically represent the repetitive activities required to be done for each work type. When card is pulled on the board, the To-Do list for a card will be automatically created and the owner needs to just update the status of the To-Do as work progresses.

To create a predefined To-Do List, go to the List of Card Types view and click Configure for the enabled card type. You can even configure for card types that are on the board. The To-Do list will be seen for new cards added only.

When configuring the To-Do list for a card type, you can select the owner, estimated effort for each To-Do and also the column to which the To-Do is applicable. See Adding and Managing To-Dos for detailed help on creating To-Dos.

Updating the Status for the Tasks/To-dos

By default, the current state of a task or To-do displays as ‘Pending’. As work progresses, the To-do owners can update the ‘Current State’ as ‘In-Progress’ and later on as ‘Completed’ by double-clicking the Current State.
With too many to-dos in a card, it gets difficult to focus or search the required one. So you can filter to-dos based on various attributes like Id, Name, Current State, and others. In the empty filter boxes above any column, enter or select the text to be searched.
The status is visually indicated by colors i.e. Grey indicates ‘Pending’, Orange indicates ‘In-Progress’, and Green indicates ‘Completed’. While you manage/update your To-Dos, you can track the status in the same view as highlighted in the image below. It also displays the ‘% Complete’ value in the Details tab of the Card Detail view. The ‘% Complete’ value is the percentage of To-Dos completed over the total number of To-Dos added to a card. The example below shows %Complete is 50%, as two To-Dos are in the ‘Completed’ state, out of four To-Dos.

Notes:

If a column is deleted for the active or archived cards with default To-Dos, the deleted column is indicated in red.

The card policy preference (i.e. Alert team members if the cards are moved without task closure) alerts only for the to-dos belonging to the applicable column of the card. The alert displays the incomplete To-Do from the list. You can change the status of the To-Do or ignore the alert. The card will then move to the next column

Note: The To-Do Estimate (UOM based on admin policy ) shown on the card is a sum of estimates entered for each To-Do added to the card. However, if you have enabled the Time-Tracking Plug-in, you need to interpret the To-Do Estimate in hours only. The Estimate (Card) and To-Do Estimate is not inter-related. The ‘% Complete’ value helps to track the progress of To-Dos, and the Cumulative Flow Diagram and Throughput Chart help to track the progress and the delivered stories based on the card estimate.